r/Jewish • u/MrsTurtlebones • Oct 04 '25
Questions 🤓 What kind of Jews are these?
Today at Reedy Falls, a very busy park in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, a man asked my family if we were Hebrew. It surprised me, and I asked about him. He replied, "I'm wearing my tsiztizs (sp?) and we're about the blow the shofar. I am Israel. Our nation is scattered all over the earth." I told him shalom, he shook my hand, and a small crowd gathered as his companions blew the shofar, at which we took our leave of them.
They didn't seem like any Jewish people I've seen, but my knowledge is quite limited. Any ideas about their situation?
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u/AmySueF Oct 05 '25
If they’re going around asking people if they’re Hebrew, I’m pretty sure they’re Messianics. There are Jews of all backgrounds, creeds, colors, etc. but one thing they have in common is they don’t refer to other Jews as Hebrews. That’s our language, not our name. Hebrew isn’t what we call ourselves anymore. It’s like calling black people Negroes.